Wantto: Lock Computer then execute command (load a black screen)

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Krystian

Hello,

Is there a way to, once you lock your computer in Windows[1] to have a black
screen show up immediately, or have the screensaver immediately run?

The only method to this currently seems to be by reducing the length until
the screensaver kicks in to 1 minute... but I found that to be a nuissance
for when I
was actually using the computer (and had the screen saver load up
constantly)



I found that there is a way to get Utility programs to run once your
computer is locked [2], but I couldn't locate information on how to
configure this for user defined programs.

I know other OSs, like Gnome, permit this feature. [3]


Thanks,
Krystian.

[3] http://www.gnome.org/learn/users-guide/2.0/ch03s02.html
[2]
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/...s/en-us/accessmgr_autostart_lock_desktop.mspx
[1] XP (or whatever version of Windows)
 
Krystian said:
Hello,

Is there a way to, once you lock your computer in Windows[1] to have a
black
screen show up immediately, or have the screensaver immediately run?

The only method to this currently seems to be by reducing the length until
the screensaver kicks in to 1 minute... but I found that to be a nuissance
for when I
was actually using the computer (and had the screen saver load up
constantly)



I found that there is a way to get Utility programs to run once your
computer is locked [2], but I couldn't locate information on how to
configure this for user defined programs.

I know other OSs, like Gnome, permit this feature. [3]


Thanks,
Krystian.

[3] http://www.gnome.org/learn/users-guide/2.0/ch03s02.html
[2]
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/...s/en-us/accessmgr_autostart_lock_desktop.mspx
[1] XP (or whatever version of Windows)
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Windows Key - L will do what you want. (I.e. Hold down the Windows or flag
key and press "L")
 
Mark Weinreb said:
Windows Key - L will do what you want. (I.e. Hold down the Windows or flag
key and press "L")
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Hi Mark, Thanks for your response.

Windows + L just lets me lock my computer. It doesn't allow me to execute a
command, or load a program, or start my screensaver immediately.

-Krystian.
 
Mon, 13 Mar 2006 01:25:22 -0500 from Krystian
Is there a way to, once you lock your computer in Windows[1] to have a black
screen show up immediately, or have the screensaver immediately run?
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As far as I know, there's no native way. You'd need to write a
script.
 
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